Art Quote by Janis Ian

Unless you've given up your business to a record label, there's no such thing as just being a musician anymore.

— Jack Conte

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

— Lady Gaga

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.

— Taylor Swift

I don't wait on the music industry to qualify me or give me my paycheck. I go about my business as an artist and…

— Perry Farrell

It's this funny thing now: You sign up to be a musician because you want to write music, but you don't spend your time…

— Zachary Cole Smith

Especially as an artist who has been signed to one of the majors throughout my last ten years, you don't always get to write…

— Kreesha Turner

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

— Prince

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want…

— Roger Waters

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's…

— Andy Taylor

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on…

— Rico Love

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career…

— Jerry Jeff Walker

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George